The religious and the political
Subtitle: a comparative sociology of religion
By: Bryan S. Turner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780521858632; 9780521675314
Subjects: Vergleichende Forschung; Sociology of Religion; Religionssoziologie; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Religion; Comparitive studies; Religion and sociology; Religionssociologi; Society; Religion and politics; 11.05 sociology of religion; Politik; Political aspects; Religion och politik
Description: "Religion and politics are two fundamental dimensions of human society, and yet they are often at loggerheads. Religion appears to belong to a different realm, signifying matters that are permanent and enduring, residing beyond the everyday. Politics appears to involve the secular struggle for power and influence, being driven by interest"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271).
Table of contents: title: Fear of diversity: the origin of politics; title: Charisma and church-state relations; title: City, nation, and globe: the rise of the church and the citizen; title: Religion and kingship: liturgies and royal rituals; title: Religion and reproduction: marriage and family; title: Conversion and the state; title: Religion, state, and legitimacy: three dimensions of authority; title: Buddhism and the political: the sangha and the state; title: Confucianism and state ideology: China; title: Religion, state, and Japanese exceptionalism: nihonjinron; title: State and Turkish secularism: the case of the Diyanet / with Berna Zengin Arslan; title: Popular religion and popular democracy; title: The state and freedom of religion.